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Easy answer from me......and it's the one we've had our last two annual hols at which I'm in the process of doing a glowing review for.

It's got decent sized pitches, (some are absolutely humungous), that you can select before online when you book, some with hardstanding so it lessens the amount of mud being traipsed into the awning and tin tent in our glorious British summer we haven't had! Also wonderful peeps running the site who bend over backwards to help all their campers above and beyond the call of duty at times, nothing's ever too much trouble and lovely views in peaceful surroundings with the advantage of a clean heated outdoor pool that keeps kids happy whatever the weather as I witnessed this year. Play area and tennis courts for those who need/want it and Dog exercising field complete with poo bin away from campers. And on the subject of bins,  I didn't see one overflowing this year and we were there in peak season as there's a chap whizzing around on his tractor and trailer emptying them all day and the recycling bins on site meant that we hardly used any bin liners in the tin tent bin as most of the refuse was recyclible, (sorry I'm pretty sure I've spelt that wrong).

The best bit for us was listening to the gentle hoot of the owls on dry nights, (never heard them as much this year), and with no clubhouse you're spared the oiks rolling back legless and noisy at all hours.

Ohhhh I wish I was still there.........oh and they've even got wi-fi to alllllll pitches now just for added fun and handy to be able to chat on MSN to my daughter while my mobile phone had no bl**dy signal!Can't wait for next years hols there which we've already booked.

A campsite that does have some form of no noise policy after a certain time - but there is the world of difference between somebody sitting chatting in low voices at 11.30, and the drunken yobs F'ing and blinding, like on one site we went to in July.

Daft thing was on this site, the owners were around at about 7 in the morning checking car registration numbers.    Been better had they done something about the noise levels.   But that's a different rant.

Clean dishwashing area, with a bin for food scraps.     I loved the idea at Kendal C&CC site, where washing up bowls and drainers were provided.

A childrens play area - it is a great meating place for my own two.   Now that they are a little older I don't need to be with them all the time, and they can be trusted to go and play.   This means I get a little time to chill without them.

Showers with decent sized cubicles, and somewhere to put your dry stuff. Alice is still too young to go into the shower by herself, so I have to take her in with me.   I also have to have Pip in with me on two counts.   Not only is he very small, and may not be able to reach the controls, he need supervision, as he tends to drift off into a little world of his own.  He probably would not get showered properly - or spend hours just standing there while the shower queue builds.   So decent sized cubicles make a big difference for me.   

The shame about the site we were on in July is that it has a spotless dishwashing area, and the showers were lovely, and plenty of them.

There are advantages to marked pitches - you are less likely to find somebody pitched on your guy lines, as we found.   Had gone out one day, only to get back to site to find a foriegn motor home parked right next to our tent (we we normally parked our car).    Yet I do like the fact that you had some freedom to choose where you pitched.